The northpole expedition starts in 3 days. Follow us at

http://testyourlimits2010.blogspot.com/

We are skiing last 100 km. to northpole.

dale

Come to the kick off for the Testyourlimits-northpole at th Palais Royale on October 8

More info at www.testyourlimits.ca

Paris to Frieburg

I am now in germany visiting Kate. It took 3 trains and 4 hours to get here including a ride in a high speed train doing 220 Km. per hour. The trains here are fantasitic. They leave on time and arrive frequently. Kate and I have had several days of hiking. Yesterday we went to an area near the rhine that has a lot of vineyards and good walking trails. Spring has been here for a while, The trees are in full leaf and cherry trees are finished with their blossoms. Today we walked up into the Black forest above Frieburg and had coffee and cake at a forest restaurant( according to Kate Cake and Coffee on sunday afternoon is a German tradition)

Thunder Bay to Paris.

The flight was uneventful except for the fact that I flew buisness on the new AC777. In this plane you don´t have a seat you have a "pod". It is almost like a small room. You can recline to a position that is very close to a bed. The movies are good and the drinks better. On arrival in Paris I took the metro to my hotel and started sight seeing. A long walk down past the Arc de Triumph and down the Champs de Leyses.

The presentation went well with Dr. Ross retelling the Antarctica adventure. I think it was well received.

I did the required trip to the Louvre and the Eiffel tower. Both were very impreeive and I think it would take a week to do the Louvre justice . I really just scratched the surface.

Hiking Lake O'hara Fall '08

Here are some pics from our hiking in the area around Lake O'Hara in sept. We spent 6 days and covered most of the trails as well as a traverce from Lake Ohara to Field .

http://picasaweb.google.ca/gabe.lamarche/GabeSOHaraPics

Scuba diving in Cuba

Just got back from a week in Cuba. We stayed at Breezes Jibecoa. It is half way between Varadaro and Havana. A very beautiful spot lots of tennis with Ruth ,Gilles and Kenya

Great food ,walking and of course a few cocktails

Great snorkeling at this resort and I went Scuba diving. This is the first time I have dove since my transplant . I was a little worried but thanks to a little help from"Woody" a expert diver from canada I fumbled my way through. I wasn't sure how the new heart would react but there was no problem. We dove to 80 feet. Beautiful fish and coral.

The new heart has been tested fron 16000 to -80 and still keeps ticking.

dale

We leave on sunday

The trip is about to start. Dr. Ross will be doing the blog for this adventure as she did for Antarctica. The address is www.testyourlimits.ca